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Community Connections 2025 Award
09/20/2025

MVD Community Connections receives award for charitable giving

The ADOT MVD Community Connections team was recently recognized with the AAMVA Region 4 2025 Community Service Award for their continued efforts to support community organizations across the state.
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09/17/2025

Bridge girder placement another sign of progress on US 93 widening project

Two bridges under construction on US 93 north of Wikieup didn’t look much like bridges until recently, as they were little more than concrete piers jutting up from a dry wash. That all changed rapidly in the past few weeks, as crews lifted...
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For sale
09/16/2025

Protect yourself and get a registration refund when selling a vehicle

A sold notice tells the MVD that you are no longer the owner of a vehicle even if the title has not been transferred into the new owner's name yet. This can protect you from any issues like an accident, speeding tickets or even abandoned vehicle fines issued to that vehicle after you sold it. The process may also help refund some of the vehicle registration fees.
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01/22/2020

Are we there yet? A guide to highway distance signs

You are getting away for a long weekend in the White Mountains. Or maybe you are coming back from a vacation at Rocky Point. Either way, you are on the highway and wondering how much longer until you reach your destination. Then, a little...
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01/21/2020

The transportation why behind Why, Arizona

Good ol' Why, Arizona. This unincorporated community in southern Arizona of just over 160 people (as of the last census) always ranks high on the list of weird town names in Arizona, and often makes the list for the most unusual place name...
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01/19/2020

Where in AZ??

It's another Sunday brain teaser with our weekly "Where in AZ??" challenge.
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01/17/2020

Help keep stormwater clean and rolling along

Next week is Stormwater Awareness Week. Here's what that means for state highways.
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01/16/2020

Throwback Thursday: It's only a model

A model for the Sacaton Rest Area shows an interesting glimpse of what might have been.
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01/15/2020

From chuckwallas to elephants: South Mountain Freeway by the numbers

The South Mountain Freeway has been open less than one full month, but most drivers already refer to Arizona’s newest freeway by its number: 202. There are now three segments of the Loop 202 circling the Valley. But to those involved in...
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01/14/2020

Ways to serve on MLK Day of Service and beyond

Adopt a Highway offers an opportunity to serve all year round.
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01/13/2020

Another interchange upgrade is underway in the Tucson area

As with other recent interchange projects, I-10 and Ruthrauff Road is getting a bridge carrying local traffic across the freeway and railroad tracks.
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01/12/2020

Where in AZ??

If you're a bridge aficionado, today's challenge is the one for you!
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01/10/2020

Navajo Bridge: Making connections since 1929

It's been more than 90 years since crews completed the original Navajo Bridge, an arching, architecturally significant span that looms dramatically across Marble Canyon and provides a rare vehicle crossing of the Colorado River in a remote...
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